MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210423
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '23 at 01:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 603 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Sapphire(1DA2 E447) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 77 Reflection 122 Parallax 153 63% 117 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 136 105% 129 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA12.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 126 98 93 133 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 452 Write 418 Mixed 362 SusWrite 112 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 36.6 140% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 210 186% 276 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%
Asus EHD-A1T 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 198GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 82 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 70 Write 93.1 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 79.7 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	123x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	20x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $369

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16